Kirkman, Marshall Monroe, 1842-1921 · New York, Chicago, The World Railway Publishing Company · leaf 95
83 DESCRIPTION OF LOCOMOTIVE. form very common in America has a bore of eighteen inches diameter, and a stroke of the piston of twenty-four inches. By the stroke of the piston is meant the distance it moves in the cylinder. This distance is twice the length of the Exterior of Steam Gauge. crank,… … Section showing action of steam in single ex- the cylinder pansion cylinder. Piston shown in section. through a passage (or port) devised for that purpose. The arrange-
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